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Fred Titmus

Frederick John Titmus

Born: 24 November 1932, Kentish Town, London
Major Teams: Middlesex, Surrey, Orange Free State, England.
Known As: Fred Titmus
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break


Test Debut: England v South Africa at Lord's, 2nd Test, 1955
Last Test:
England v Australia at Adelaide, 5th Test, 1974/75

ODI Debut:
England v New Zealand at Dunedin, 1st ODI, 1974/75
Last ODI:
England v New Zealand at Wellington, 2nd ODI, 1974/75

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1963

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   53   76  11  1449   84*  22.29   0  10   35   0

                    Balls    M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling             15118  777  4931  153  32.22  7-79    7   0  98.8  1.95

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    2    1   0    11   11   11.00  34.37   0   0    1   0

                    Balls    M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling                56    0    53    3  17.66  3-53    0   0  18.6  5.67

FIRST-CLASS
 (career: 1949 - 1982)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  792 1142 208 21588  137*  23.11   6 105  473   0

                    Balls     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling            173585 63313 2830  22.37  9-52  168  26  61.3  2.18

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (career: 1963 - 1976)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  149  109  32  1038   41   13.48   0   0   34   0

                    Balls     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling              7126  4081  159  25.66  5-25    4   3  44.8  3.43

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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Fred Titmus was a remarkable cricketer, not least because he played at first-class level in five different decades. A tremendously consistent all-rounder, his international career suffered a lengthy interruption when he lost four toes in a boating accident during the 1967/68 tour of the West Indies.

His extraordinary first-class career began in 1949 when he made his debut for Middlesex at the age of just 16. But it was not until four years later that he made a real impact by taking 100 wickets in the season with his right arm off-breaks. It was a feat that Titmus was to perform 16 times, with 1955 being his most successful year when he took 191 wickets at an average of 16.31. He also scored more than 1,000 runs that season, the first of eight occasions he was to do the "double". No other player has achieved the double more often - only Trevor Bailey has equalled the record. Titmus' best season with the bat came in 1961 when he hit 1,703 runs at an average of 37.02. He scored 1,000 runs in a season eight times. In 1967 he won the Wetherell Award for being England's leading all-rounder.

Titmus was called up to the England side for the first time in 1955 and played two Tests against the visiting South Africans but failed to impress, scoring 39 runs in four innings and taking just one wicket. He was consequently dropped and failed to reappear until Pakistan visited in 1962. Although he again failed to shine in two Tests, the selectors felt he had done enough to earn a place on the tour to Australia the following winter. At last he did himself justice, picking up 21 wickets in five Tests and scoring 182 runs at an average of more than 36. He picked up another 13 wickets in three matches when the tour progressed to New Zealand and, by then, he was a fixture in the side.

On the tour of India in 1963/64 he took 27 wickets in five matches and he enjoyed an excellent series at home against New Zealand in 1965, taking 15 wickets in three games. In the first innings of the Edgbaston Test he took 4/18 off 26 overs and went one better at Headingley when he returned the figures of 5/19 off 26 overs, including four wickets in an over. Such figures reflect the general meanness of his bowling; he finished his Test career with an economy rate of 1.95 runs an over. In 1967/68 he played in the first two Tests of the series in the Caribbean before suffering his accident. Although he was never to play a Test match in England again, he was recalled for the tour of Australia in 1974/75 where he performed creditably. He finished his international career with 153 wickets and 1,449 runs, a remarkably high figure considering he never scored a Test century.

Titmus was chosen to skipper Middlesex in 1965 but resigned during the 1968 season. In 1977 he moved south of the Thames to The Oval as coach of Surrey but things did not work out and he left in 1979, having played one game for the county. He went on to play sporadically for Middlesex in 1979, 1980 and 1982.

In his youth Titmus had played professional football with Watford. He was awarded the MBE for services to cricket and went on to become an England selector. He also adjudicated on bowlers who had been called for throwing. (Copyright CricInfo 2001)

* Last Updated: Tuesday, 30-Jul-2002 02:28:52 GMT


 
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